From the perspective of stress placement, suffixes can be divided into three groups:
stress-neutral, autostressed and pre-stressed. The stress-neutral suffixes do not affect the
placement of stress, and are usually disregarded in determining the SP of a word.

The autostressed suffixes alter the stressing of the word by placing the main stress onto the
syllable they appear in. Therefore while the word `million bears initial stress, the word
ˈmillio`naire bears final stress since the suffix –aire moves the main stress onto itself. The
stress on the first syllable is reduced to secondary. The complete list of autostressed suffixes
and endings consists of the following 28 members: -ade, -aire, -aise, -ate (m) (verb-forming use;
autostressed only in disyllabic SP’s e.g. create, elate), -ee (m), -een, -eer, -elle, -enne, -esce,
-ese, -esque, -esse, -et (m), -ette, -eur, -ier (m), -ine (only autostressed as a noun-forming
ending pronounced [-i:n] e.g. magazine), -ique, -ise (noun-forming use pronounced
[-i:z] e.g. expertise), -ite (m) (verb-forming use; autostressed only in words of two syllables,
e.g. unite), -ment (m), -ness (in place names, meaning ‘cape’ e.g. Inverness), -oo, -oon, -ose (m),
-otte (m), –teen.

Finally, the pre-stressed suffixes are by far the largest group of suffixes. These, as the name
suggests, alter the stress by placing it a certain number of syllables back from the syllable these
suffixes appear in.